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Domestic

Domestic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Domestic? [n] a household servant [adj] produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil" [adj] of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" [adj] of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste" [adj] converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" [adj] of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Domestic: domestic help \| domesticated \| home(a) \| home-loving \| home-style \| house servant \| household \| housewifely \| husbandly \| interior(a) \| internal \| municipal \| national \| native \| tame \| tamed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Domestic: anchoritic \| autochthonous \| cloistered \| domal \| domestic servant \| domesticated \| domiciliary \| drudge \| eremitic \| family \| help \| hermitic \| hermitish \| hired help \| home \| household \| housekeeper \| indigenous \| inland \| internal \| intestine \| manorial \| mansional \| menial \| municipal \| national \| native \| palatial \| private \| recluse \| residential \| residentiary \| scullion \| sequestered \| servant \| servitor \| shut in \| shut up \| slavey \| stay-at-home \| steward \| subdued \| submissive \| tame \| turnspit See Also \| amah \| ayah \| home help \| housekeeper \| housemaid \| maid \| maidservant \| retainer \| servant \| skivvy \| slavey Domestic In Webster's Dictionary \Domes"tic\, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st {Dome}.] 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay. 4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak. 3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. 4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. 5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. \Domes"tic\, n. 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox. 2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]

Domestic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Domestic?

[n] a household servant
[adj] produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
[adj] of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
[adj] of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"
[adj] converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"
[adj] of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"

Domestic In Webster's Dictionary

\Do*mes"tic\, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F.
domestique. See 1st {Dome}.]
1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's
   household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic
   concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship,
   servants.

         His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his
         domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay.

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or
   home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as,
   foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak.

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or
   pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated;
   tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic
   manufactures, wines, etc.


\Do*mes"tic\, n.
1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired
   household assistant; a house servant.

         The master labors and leads an anxious life, to
         secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox.

2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton
   goods. [U. S.]

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